definitely – English Grammar Profiler

ADJECTIVES, C2, infinitive, phrases / APPGE, consider, definitely, explore, invest, investigate, made, make, their, to, VVI, while, worth, your

At C2 in the English Vocabulary Profile: If it is worth your while doing something, it is useful or enjoyable to do it. A search in the NOW corpus for: * * worth _AP while 1 MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE 738 2 MAKE IT WORTH THEIR WHILE 413 Adam Smith was convinced that human beings were by their very natures lazy,  and wouldn’t do anything unless you made it worth their while,  and the way you made it worth …

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ADVERBS, C2, certainty, MODALITY, response token / absolutely, certainly, definitely, partially, probably, respectively, RR, somewhat, sure, surely, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably

When you ‘listen’ to someone speaking in a conversation, you can respond with short phrases that add to the conversation. These utterances carry information and sometimes a single word like an adverb is all you might say. C2 point 224 in the category of MODALITY/adverbs is defined: adverbs expressing certainty as short responses Here is …

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ADVERBS, B1, FUTURE / actually, also, always, certainly, clearly, definitely, either, ever, finally, just, likely, never, obviously, only, probably, really, RR, still, surely, VB, VVGK

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 34 in the category of FUTURE: ‘be going to’ with a  limited range of adverbs, after the auxiliary be form, in the normal mid position. The EGP examples of adverbs include ‘never’ and ‘really’. An iWeb search for: _VB _RR _VVGK *we removed the past forms of BE 1 ‘M …

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B1, demonstrative, mentioned, phrases, plural, PRONOUNS / another, areas, certainly, couple, definitely, either, few, field, improve, interview, just, most, rid, score, sign, those, top, type, types, V

In the English Grammar Profile, there are two almost identical B1 grammar points for ‘those’ in the category of PRONOUNS/demonstratives Point 46 is defined as: ‘those’ as a pronoun with plural reference. Point 62: ‘those’ as a pronoun to refer to things which have already been mentioned. An iWeb search for: * * * those …

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ADVERBS, B1, emphasis, hedging, MODALITY, modify / certainly, could, definitely, guess, must, obviously, probably, RR, should, surely, try, VM

B1 Point 57 in the English Grammar Profile, in the category of MODALITY/adverbs, is defined as: modal verb + modal adverb to modify an assertion, either through hedging or emphasis. B1 point 81 in modality/adverbs is defined as: increasing range of adverbs, for emphasis However, when we check the EGP examples for point 57 which …

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A2, ADVERBS, emphasis, hedging, MODALITY, position / bottom, could, definitely, just, of, PELIC, probably, R, should, the, VM, _AT

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 24 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: adverbs in mid position or after main verb ‘be’, to modify an assertion, either through hedging or emphasis A google definition of ‘assertion’; noun = a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. For example: I should probably start by looking at the …

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B2, ellipsis, informal, PRONOUNS, subject / again, author, based, definitely, highly, makes, no, permission, recommend, return, sense, signed, wait, would

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 85 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as: (SUBJECT) ELLIPSIS: leave out the subject pronoun with a limited range of verbs, in informal contexts. *this will clash with imperatives and iWeb searches time out too much, so here we search for modals, past participles and 3rd person verbs.  …

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A2, ADVERBS, B1, B2, C2, continuous, PAST / actively, anxiously, apparently, basically, constantly, currently, definitely, deliberately, desperately, eagerly, either, eventually, fully, initially, likely, merely, obviously, originally, particularly, patiently, previously, rapidly, recently, RR, secretly, seriously, severely, simply, thoroughly, TLC, truly, VBD, VVG, was, were

This is another grammar point where the English Vocabulary Profile is probably better at profiling the language than the English Grammar Profile.  There are a handful of adverbs that already make the task across levels quite difficult to follow.  We then should consider the hundred other adverbs that appear in this ‘mid position’. A2 point …

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ADVERBS, C1, emphasis, MODALITY / certainly, check, come, consider, definitely, find, get, give, go, know, look, make, ought, probably, put, read, really, RR, see, start, stop, surely, take, think, to, try, use, VVI, work

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 180 in the category of MODALITY is defined as: ‘ought to’ with ‘really’ to add emphasis. A search on iWeb for clusters with lexical verbs: 1 REALLY OUGHT TO KNOW 254 2 REALLY OUGHT TO GET 136 3 REALLY OUGHT TO GO 76 4 REALLY OUGHT TO CONSIDER …

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ADVERBS, C2, MODALITY, must, VERBS / adapt, all, allegedly, apparently, blush, considered, definitely, doubt, equal, essence, essentially, evidently, fortunately, glance, indeed, inevitably, know, likely, literally, must, necessarily, noticeably, obviously, positively, presumably, reportedly, RR, scarcely, seemingly, sight, strictly, surely, technically, things, totally, truly, unavoidably, undeniably, undoubtedly, unnecessarily, unquestionably, VM, VVI

These are the 12 adverbs I would teach with “must” to advanced students: correctly, either, generally, somehow, therefore, constantly, currently, necessarily, simply, successfully, surely, satisfactorily, ultimately.